Senior Accountant

Position Summary

Under the direction of the Director of Finance, this position is responsible for performing a wide range of professional accounting tasks. Duties include preparing, maintaining, analyzing, verifying, and reconciling complex financial transactions, statements, records, and reports. The role ensures the accuracy of financial systems and ledgers, assists with budget preparation, annual audits, and monthly/year-end closings, and supports management with special projects. Additional responsibilities include grant billing, pooled income trust maintenance, reconciliation, and reporting.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Perform a variety of accounting functions to support operations, ensuring the accuracy of general, revenue, and expenditure ledgers and financial systems.
• Reconcile financial ledgers and records, preparing financial statements, reports, and supporting schedules; investigate and resolve discrepancies.
• Review and audit accounts payable, cash receipts, payroll, and other accounting transactions, ensuring proper allocation to the correct accounts and maintaining balanced accounts.
• Prepare and present a monthly cash report for management, detailing the current cash position for each bank account and reconciling temporarily restricted fund balances.
• Prepare and reconcile bank and investment accounts, including related journal entries.
• Generate and review a variety of monthly, periodic, and annual financial and statistical reports.
• Assist with year-end closings and the preparation of financial statements and related reports.
• Manage grant financial activities, including tracking expenses, billing, preparing reports, and ensuring compliance with federal, state, and agency guidelines.
• Maintain and track fixed asset depreciation schedules.
• Contribute to the development of the annual budget.
• Participate in the year-end audit by compiling supporting schedules, work papers, and financial reports as requested by auditors.

Preferred Experience & Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field (or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience).
• 5 years of experience in accounting, preferably in a non-profit or foundation environment.
• Experience with grant management and compliance.
• Proficiency in Financial Edge, Raiser’s Edge, QuickBooks, Office 365, and project management tools.
• Advanced expertise in MS Excel.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP.
• Ability to navigate and interpret the general ledger, providing clear verbal and written explanations of data.
• A collaborative, curious, and approachable work style.

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